“It ain't what a man don't know that makes him a fool, but what he does know that ain't so.”
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Famous Josh Billings Quotes
“If you do not know how to lie, cheat, and steal, turn your attention to politics and learn.”
“I do not know of a better cure for sorrow than to pity somebody else.”
“It is a great art to be superior to others without letting them know it.”
“One legged chickens, I know, are the least apt to scratch a garden.”
“The man who has never been tempted doesn't know how dishonest he is.”
“A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.”
“The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't gout.”
“It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.”
“It's not so hard to get rich as it is to know when you have gotten rich.”
“It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.”
Source: Everybody's Friend, Or Josh Billing's Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor
“Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer.”
“The less we know the more we suspect”
Source: Josh Billings' Wit and Humor